The Irish standard., 1887-01-15
Raw. L. Clarke. C. c.. was also present
CLARE.

On Dec. II IL meeting of tenants on
the Burton and Vandeleur estates was
held &C Kilrush to consider the rent
question. Messrs Jordan and Kenny,
M. P.'s for Clare, attended and deilv-
cred speeches. and it Was decided TO
adopt the 'sPlan Of Campaign it rea
sonable abatements in the rents were
not granted.
magnificent Nationalist demonstra-
ton took place on December l6. Messrs.
Jordan and Kenny made speeches. Mr.
Jordan in his speech said: I'm the
North of ireland, while the Protestant
and Tory element did not join the Ma
tional League, to their credit be it said
in very few or rare instances did they
grab farm. He knew three farms
near Ennlskillen where the landlord
eyicted three Catholic tenants, and not
one of them had been taken up by the
Orange shopkeepers or farmers. tie
called upon them to do the same. The
proceedings were most enthusiastic
and resolutions were passed condemn
ing the landgrabhers and landlords and
expressing confidence in Mr.. Parnell.
CORK. ..
At tthe meeting of the Fermoy Board
of Guardians on December Is, a resolu-
ton was proposed condemning the con-
duct of the Government in arresting
Messrs. Dillon aud O'Brlen. The
chairman refused to accept it exc c"pt as
a notice OF motion. The guardian who
proposed the resolution said that IT it
were accepted on such terms it would
be quite an old affair when it came to
be proposed. The chairman still per-
sisted, and the meeting adjourned with
out having taken any action in the
matter.
The case of Tim Hurley, the defender
of his renowned castle near Clona-
kitty, was, on December II, under con-
sideration at the Munster winter as
sizes. The charge against him was for
having dynamite and other explosives
in his possession: On the night of the
day on which the attack on the castle
took place Hurley was arrested with
other persons near his house. Mr.
Adams, Tins counsel, raised a fatal
objection to the Indictment. Crown
counsel acknowledged the defect, en-
tered I nolle proseaui and Tim left the
dock free man to be arrested five
minutes afterwards on an amended in
dictment. This Indictment the grand
jury could not agree upon, and a bill in
another form was sent before them on
the following day.
DONEGAL.
In Donegal two Protestant j. P.'s
are foremost in support of the ''plan OF
campaign"
DUBLIN.
At the South Union Board, on De-
cember Is, a resolution Was passed Civ
ing the management of the Catholic
Female School to the Sisters of Mercy.
Mr.. John Clancy was returned as town
councillor for the South Dock Ward on
December Is, defeating Mr.. Brown,
the Conservative candidate, by 161
votes.
Tho Protestant Home Rulers held a
large meeting in Dublin, December Is,
at which spirited addresses were deliv-
cred by Professor Swift McNeill.
On Dec. Is, at the Leinster winter
assizes, before Mr.. Justice Johnston, at
the Green Street Courthouse, Dublin,
a cattle drover named Arthur Dunno
was sentenced to twenty years penal
servitude for the manslaughter Of his
wife at Birr on March q last
DOWN.
On December 16, at the Downpatr1ck
court house, Messrs. Robert Bartlett,
James civilians, John Moore, and
James Richardson, of Belfast, CONNER
ciai travellers, were charged with hav-
ing maliciously discharged "a loaded
gun at the house of a man named Sloan,
of Kilclief, and with having wounded
Ellen Sloan, OIL December 8. District
Inspector Dunno prosecuted, and Mr..
F. Crawley, solicitor, appeared for the
defendants. Several witnesses were
examined who saw the prisoners pass
by the house, and Mrs. Ellen Sloan said
that while standing in her doorway at
the time of their passing she almost
tainted away, and that she went to a
doctor, who examined her
and found that she was shot in the leg.
James Richardson was discharged and
examined for the defense. He deposed
that the gun went off accidentally, and
thought nothing was wrong when no
one came out of Sloan's house. The
refused infcrmations, but
ordered Bartlett to pay $40 compensa-
tion 10 Mrs. Sloan and the medical ex-
penses.